Timeline for Is my Theory on the Law of Truly Large Numbers and Ancestors Valid?
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| Dec 30, 2012 at 15:20 | comment | added | whuber♦ | I do not understand which "law of large numbers" is being invoked nor how it would apply. Nor do I see that the total population sizes are relevant: it is only the fraction of the population of Japanese ancestry that would matter in these calculations. The calculation 1.5 million / 6 billion does not appear to respect the laws of probability. To see why not, suppose that in the year 1501 a plague struck the entire world and wiped out 99.999% of its population, but it was followed by extraordinary growth. This is consistent with your hypotheses, but cannot possibly give an answer of 0.025%. | |
| Dec 30, 2012 at 7:02 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackStats/status/285279740435251200 | ||
| Dec 30, 2012 at 6:50 | comment | added | Elvis | Please buy a book of population genetics and coalescence. Don't try to reinvent everything by yourself... | |
| S Dec 30, 2012 at 5:22 | history | suggested | Cam.Davidson.Pilon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 30, 2012 at 3:09 | comment | added | cardinal | Related: stats.stackexchange.com/q/17402/2970 | |
| Dec 30, 2012 at 3:05 | review | First posts | |||
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| Dec 30, 2012 at 2:50 | history | asked | Bailey Edsall-Parr | CC BY-SA 3.0 |